How to Money · Monday, July 6, 2026
A new homeowner, now a landlord, is seeking advice on managing relations with tenants moving in next door. The hosts emphasized the importance of licensed and insured contractors for property work and suggested maintaining open communication with the landlord, offering to be an extra set of eyes for potential issues.
“I called that name who just closed on the house last week and as an investor, and he said, yeah, that's fine. I just need a statement for any damage to be covered.”
“So I would make sure, Gina, whoever you hire to do the work, that they're covered, right, so that in case something happens, you're not out of pocket additional money.”
“But it's not a bad idea to tell them that you're happy to be an extra set of eyes. And it's not even out of negligence necessarily, but a tenant might not notice something on the outside of the house it's facing you, and even an intune landlord, they might miss a shared fence that's in need of some repair or something like that.”